*serves one year as Vice-Chair and succeeds the Chair at the end of that year.

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* serves as an officer of the section and assists in advancing the goals and objectives of the section and RUSA

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* as a member of the Executive Committee, attends meetings of the committee at Annual and Midwinter Conferences

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* appoints a Nominating Committee of three members that is responsible for producing a slate of candidates for election as officers of the Section and Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee. *The section vice-chair may not be a member of the nominating committee (see ALA Bylaws, Article III, Section 1a)

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* appoints the Webmaster and Column Editor each for a term of two years

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* appoints chairs of section committees for terms beginning when chair's term begins. Committee chairs are appointed for a term of one year and may be re-appointed for two additional terms

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* makes appointments to all other section committees

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* makes appointments to preconference planning committees, if appropriate to the practices of the section

Latest revision as of 12:40, 14 January 2009

Responsibilities

serves one year as Vice-Chair and succeeds the Chair at the end of that year.

serves as an officer of the section and assists in advancing the goals and objectives of the section and RUSA

as a member of the Executive Committee, attends meetings of the committee at Annual and Midwinter Conferences

appoints a Nominating Committee of three members that is responsible for producing a slate of candidates for election as officers of the Section and Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee. *The section vice-chair may not be a member of the nominating committee (see ALA Bylaws, Article III, Section 1a)

appoints the Webmaster and Column Editor each for a term of two years

appoints chairs of section committees for terms beginning when chair's term begins. Committee chairs are appointed for a term of one year and may be re-appointed for two additional terms

makes appointments to all other section committees

makes appointments to preconference planning committees, if appropriate to the practices of the section

appoints section representatives to designated RUSA level committees

appoints a conference program planning committee (if appropriate to practices of section) to plan programs at Annual Conference

submits section's budget request (if needed) for year as chair

performs other duties as the executive committee of the section may assign

serves a one-year term on the RUSA Planning and Finance Committee

performs duties of the chair in his/her absence

In the case of a vacancy in the office of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, the Executive Committee shall appoint a STARS member to serve until the next regular election.

Of Interest

The RUSA Office e-mails a list of the section's membership to the newly-elected section chair-elect.